• Business Analyst, Software Project Management and Consultant experience in the Telecommunications, Health Care, Military and Education industries.• Ability to transform non-technical business rules into technical specifications.• Strong Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) project management skills resulted in the successful implementation of seven (7) PeopleSoft bolt-on programs.• Scenario approach to Business Analysis to ensure development resulted in process improvements.• Developed and presented software solutions to executive steering committees.• Managed strategic alliances to create effective teams.• Implemented effective documentation recognized by Sarbanes-Oxley auditors as exemplary.• Coordinated migrations of PeopleSoft programs from version 8.0 to 8.3 to 8.9.• Budget oversight for $11.5 million HR Technology budget.• Led cross functional teams to solve upstream and downstream process issues, resulting in a more effective system utilizing 40% fewer man hours.• Reduced $100K of IT charges by designing systems that provided the departmental users with configurable tables.• Managed team responsible for yearly payout of $1.08 billion for over 211,000 employees.• Developed new associate compensation program that resulted in improved HR/Payroll processes reducing payout adjustments from 10% to .05%.• Actively involved end-users in the design and testing process to ensure the acceptance of the new programs by the field users reducing testing costs by 33%.• Worked with the labor unions to streamline the associate payout process, reduce payroll costs by 10% and provide a tax benefit for the union members.• • Developed PeopleSoft and SAP training materials and taught classroom courses with a training effectiveness average of 4.8 out of 5.william.a.fields@live.com817.909.9641Specialties: I am known for being a project manager that listens to both the customer and programmer to transform non-technical business rules into technical specifications. My passion is to use my business analyst skills to deliver a product that simplifies the stakeholder’s business process. Capitalizing on these strengths, I have led numerous programs through all phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC).